Guild Wars 2

Yes, this is another one of those threads because I don’t think this can be stated strongly enough.

CULLING IS AN ABSOLUTE MESS.

At least before I could see our commander and our own guys, so I knew how strong we were and where the commander was going. Occasionally we’d get hit by a zerg so big it didn’t render properly until we were all dead but to be honest, those instances were far and few between (maybe 5% of fights). Of the other large battles, about 30% were of the “I can’t see much but I can generally fire in x direction and hit stuff” type. But the rest of the 60+ battles I’ve been in (65%-ish) were fine.

Now our side shrinks and grows randomly so I have no bloody idea if half our guys are dead or where the live ones are, but worse: our commander (and his/her tag) are culled from my screen about 50% of the time so I have no idea where we are going. Sometimes I have to glance at my mini-map to see where the commander is going but this isn’t a good option in battle.

My suggestion is generic race/class/weapon models and skins for players, and/or render names before you render models. Don’t bother with that silly stand-in model.

I agree with this, just remove the part about friendlies. When you are supporting 4 other people while fighting a large zerg, the fact that your own group mates randomly disappear from view, is kinda a big deal. I thought once someone was loaded, then were loaded and shouldn’t disappear!

Culling is better now, move along folks

CrassBippy.4619:

Culling is better now, move along folks

These are not the culling issues you’re looking for? lol

So I thought I’d go into wvw for a look this morning, with a clear head after some sleep in case I was overreacting last night.

Was just in Danelon’s fighting a sizable zerg, with friendlies and enemies fading in and out like strings of xmas lights at night. That’s what it actually looks like.

Since I can’t see the enemy anyway, I imagine I’m fighting ninjas. This helps.

transtemporal.2158:

CrassBippy.4619:

Culling is better now, move along folks

These are not the culling issues you’re looking for? lol

So I thought I’d go into wvw for a look this morning, with a clear head after some sleep in case I was overreacting last night.

Was just in Danelon’s fighting a sizable zerg, with friendlies and enemies fading in and out like strings of xmas lights at night. That’s what it actually looks like.

Since I can’t see the enemy anyway, I imagine I’m fighting ninjas. This helps.

I just imagine I’m fighting ghosts….with ghosts on my side.